Table 2.

Numbers of ash trees as street, park, and private trees per 1,000 residents as reported by the responding communities. Estimated total numbers of ash street, park, and private trees in four Midwest states adjusted for total population.

ItemStreet Tree AshPark AshPrivate Ash
Median ash/1,000 residents51.48.4156.1
Mean/1,000 residents60.029.9331.7
Standard deviation52.463.9469.2
90% Confidence interval51.7, 68.219.2, 40.7238.2, 425.2
Number of Responses1119770
Four-state Tree Totals z (Median-based)1,737,441283,9405,276,546
Four-state Tree Totals y (Mean-based)2,028,1411,010,69011,212,238
  • zMedian-based totals = median trees per 1,000 residents * (four-state population/1,000 residents)

  • yMean-based totals = mean trees per 1,000 residents * (four-state population/1,000 residents)